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What it costs and what Kamloops gets for hosting the B.C. Lions
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Lions recently wrapped up their three-week training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops for the sixth straight year. If you are counting, that’s roughly $250,000 the City of Kamloops has paid for the privilege of hosting the Canadian Football League team. According to financial reports, the city has paid $211,000 from...
UPDATE WITH VIDEO: Homes evacuated as ‘river of mud’ flows through Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - A storm moving over the city dropped a lot of rain in a short amount of time over Westsyde and now a 'river of mud' is reportedly forcing evacuations of Oak Hills Boulevard area. Emergency crews encountered heavy traffic as they tried to get to the area and reports on social media showed...
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warnings back in effect for B.C. Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you haven't experienced major rain or thunder and lightning, your turn is likely coming. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch on and off for most of the region today, June 30. At 5:35 p.m., Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the North Okanagan, including Vernon. The storm has...
‘Sheer brutality’ earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years
RECEIVES SAME SENTENCE AS LAST TRIAL KAMLOOPS - A convicted killer could be back out in the community in roughly five years’ time after he was handed his sentence today, June 30, for his 'sheer brutality' in the 2008 murder of a Lytton man. Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley handed Cory Bird, 27, the...
Judge hands three-month curfew for jealous attack
KAMLOOPS - A woman who assaulted her ex-husband’s new girlfriend in a jealous rage will have no criminal record after a Kamloops provincial judge decided to absolve her of the assault charge earlier this month. Instead of a criminal penalty, Michelle Prevost, who pleaded guilty to the assault, faces a one-year probation period where she...
Highway to Logan Lake to be upgraded
LOGAN LAKE - Highway 97D is slated for upgrades this summer, the province announced today, June 30. Transportation Minister Todd Stone says the work is part of the 10-year transportation plan and will include more than 20 kilometres of repaving and the addition of wider paved shoulders from the Coquihalla Highway interchange to Logan Lake....
Kamloops mounties keeping an eye out on Canada Day
KAMLOOPS - As you plan to enjoy your Canada Day celebrations, remember to decide how to get home safe ahead of time; RCMP is on the watch for impaired drivers among other criminal violations. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says a full complement of officers will be at Riverside Park tomorrow,...
Campfire bans in effect this weekend for B.C. Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Due to an elevated risk of fire across the Interior of B.C., the Kamloops Fire Centre has banned all open fires, including campfires, as of noon on Friday, July 3. Kelsey Winter of B.C. Wildfire says the step is being taken to prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety around Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon...
New affordable housing units in the works for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There are 98 new affordable housing units coming to Kamloops as work continues on the city's homelessness action plan. "Let's get building houses," Health Minister Terry Lake, who was on hand with Transportation Minister Todd Stone and Mayor Peter Milobar for the announcement, says. Milobar calls this announcement the perfect way to celebrate...
Celebrate Canada Day in Kamloops with cake, arts and culture
KAMLOOPS - Every year tens of thousands of people decked out in red and white head down to Riverside Park to celebrate Canada Day, and this year will be no different, except maybe the slightly cooler temperatures in the forecast. The celebrations will begin at 7 a.m. with a pancake breakfast by the tennis courts...